Welcome to the new home of Dorchester County Tourism!

Dorchester County Maryland's Office of Tourism

Welcome to the official new website of the Dorchester County Tourism Office, located in Cambridge, MD, on Maryland's beautiful Chesapeake Bay. This is the official website containing Dorchester County tourist information, including Dorchester County Maryland events, lodging, outdoor recreation, dining, cycling guide and historic sightseeing. Explore Harriet Tubman's history in the region, or sit back and enjoy some fresh oysters! Either way, Dorchester County has something for everyone.

Take New York Ave NW, which turns into US Route 50 East. Stay on this route across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, and continue eastbound to Cambridge.

Take US 13 Business South. Continue south on US 301/US 13. Turn right at exit 136 onto ramp towards SR 299/US 13/Odessa/Middletown. Continue until you see signs for US 301 (SR 299). Take ramp to SR 213; turn left. At first traffic light, turn left onto US Route 50 East and continue on this route to Cambridge.

Get on I-95 towards International Airport. Turn right at exit 11 towards I-495/Port of Wilmington/Baltimore. At exit 3, stay on I-495. At exit 4A turn right onto ramp towards SR-1/SR-7/Christiana Mall Road. Continue to US 13 towards SR-1/Dover/Seashore points. Continue south on US 301/US 13. Turn right at exit 136 onto ramp towards SR 299/US 13/Odessa/Middletown. Continue until you see signs for US 301 (SR 299). Take ramp to SR 213; turn left. At first traffic light, turn left onto US Route 50 East and continue on this route to Cambridge.

Take I-78 to I-95 South. Road name changes to New Jersey Turnpike/US-40/I-295. Continue until turn off for US 13/US 301 toward Baltimore/Dover/Norfolk. Keep right onto N. DuPont Parkway. Merge onto US 301/US 13 south. Road name changes to SR-1; stay on SR-1 south at exit 148. Turn right at exit 136 onto ramp towards SR 299/US 13/Odessa/Middletown. Continue until you see signs for US 301 (SR 299). Take ramp to SR 213; turn left. At first traffic light, turn left onto US Route 50 East and continue on this route to Cambridge.

Enter the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel/US 13 and cross into Maryland. Near the town of Salisbury, turn onto US Route 50 West, towards Cambridge. Enter Cambridge, and turn left at Maryland Avenue, the last light before the Choptank River bridge. Follow into downtown Cambridge.

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Dorchester County is located in the central part of Maryland’s Eastern Shore. It lies on the west central edge of the Delmarva Peninsula, a body of land comprised of portions of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, bordering on the Chesapeake Bay, the Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Water is Dorchester’s most impressive physical feature and the County is virtually surrounded by the Chesapeake Bay and rivers.

Dorchester is bounded on the west by Talbot County, on the east by Wicomico County, on the north by Caroline County and the State of Delaware and on the south by the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay is a more recent geological development formed approximately 18,000 years ago. At that time the last glaciers began to melt and Dorchester was upland area sloping into the Susquehanna River Gorge. The Choptank was a river falling rather quickly into the Susquehanna. As the glaciers retreated by melting, the sea level rose by approximately 400 feet, forming the Chesapeake Bay.